Legend of the Knight

Chapter 263 The king sees the king

Huang Xiaoshi stayed in a small town in the Western Regions for more than a month. He never expected that a huge disaster with a sword would be resolved invisibly.

Countless people are working hard for this dynasty that is about to collapse. Not only can they stand up in times of crisis, but they also have super wisdom and skills to suppress the storm before it is about to break out.

Wang Yizhi, the servant of the Ministry of War, a person whose name was not even recorded in the history books, used an extremely ingenious method to resolve the tens of thousands of armored soldiers who were about to mutiny due to unpaid military pay.

Wang Yizhi personally issued an IOU to all the soldiers who did not get the military salary, and used the official seal, asking the soldiers to take the IOU to any government in any place to cash the owed salary, and pay [-]% interest as compensation. If there is a military order for this article, there must be no excuses for delay or prevarication.

In the good words, it is not that the court has no money, but that it is really impossible to transport it all at once, and the servant of the Ministry of War personally wrote you an IOU, and used the big seal, so the sergeants believed it.

After all, everyone just wants to get money, not to really rebel.

This crucial moment was originally King Cheng's best opportunity, but because of an unexpected incident, King Cheng missed this great opportunity.

King Cheng's core adviser, Bai Jiuchi, suddenly passed out in the secret room. Although he was finally discovered by King Cheng and rescued by someone, he was left with slurred speech and inconvenient movement.

King Cheng felt extremely sad, and he spent all day in front of Bai Jiuchi's bed asking for warmth, which moved Bai Jiuchi very much.

What King Cheng was sad about was just hoping that Bai Jiuchi would get well soon.

The battle between King Cheng and the court actually turned into a battle of wits between Bai Jiuchi and the emperor in the end. Due to the crazy introversion, the two men finally exhausted themselves.

When Bai Jiuchi fell ill, Cheng Wang also seemed to have a cerebral infarction. He had no choice but to find a second person to help him deal with the massive intelligence and information.

If not, with the current situation in the northwest, mutiny is bound to happen.

When the war broke out and King Cheng's banner was erected, it didn't matter whether it was the Qing emperor's side or the prince's orphan, the one who beat his mother was the real one.

King Cheng and the emperor had been fighting fiercely for several years, and when they were about to turn over the table for a showdown, they did not expect that both of them had a stroke and fell to the ground, which is really a great irony.

……

Wang Yizhi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, had a brain hole, and regardless of his official authority and decency, he finally persuaded tens of thousands of soldiers to retire.

But there are still many follow-up questions.

The first is whether the local government will strictly enforce this military order.

If you want to say that the local government will ignore it, this is impossible, but if you want to say that the local government can pay in full, it is even more impossible.

Over the years, the imperial court's finances have been tight, and the local governments at all levels have been scraped clean like meat, and the local governments have no money.

However, lack of money is a secondary matter, and the specific method is a headache for the subordinates. Anyway, Wang Yizhi dismissed these tens of thousands of people, which is the most important thing.

Now is the most difficult time, as long as Fusang's second shipment of silver arrives, the lack of money will be solved immediately.

Li Yanglan, the palm print eunuch, really wanted his life. He took a boat to Fusang to work as a mine supervisor, and it seemed that he would personally escort the boat back.

If the second ship also sank, Li Yanglan would sink into the sea with the silver.

With Li Yanglan's passing, everyone in the court felt relieved.

In other words, these eunuchs can't do anything, they are really good at collecting money and gathering wealth, and they can squeeze out oil from stones.

However, there is a second problem at the moment, the food for the frontier army is not enough.

These tens of thousands of people have been fighting back and forth for nearly two months, and they have eaten two more months of food, so now they are short of food rations that can feed tens of thousands of people for two months.

This is not a small amount. Although there is still a lot of surplus food, sooner or later there will be times when it will not be harvested.

This matter must be resolved in advance, otherwise it will be too late to think of a solution when there is a shortage of food.

Wang Yizhi is well aware of the current situation of the country, if the money can still wait for the Japanese country to send it, then the food will never be changed.

Although the annual production has been good in the past few years, the imperial court has consumed too much food. The food stored over the years has been eaten up, and the common people only have their own rations in the tank.

If you want food, you have to wait until the autumn harvest, and the biggest problem since ancient times is called lack of food.

The old grain has been eaten, and the crops are not yet ripe. Unless the gods come, no one can change the grain.

If it is necessary to forcibly requisition food, one more bite here will be eaten, and one less bite will be eaten there. In addition to the loss on the road, for these tens of thousands of people, 10,000+ people may be forced to death.

Guochao is already in dire jeopardy at this time, and can no longer stand any turmoil.

Wang Yizhi thought over and over again for a long time, and he finally thought of the only possible solution to this big problem, but this solution is extremely risky for the individual, and it may cost the lives of the whole family.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Yizhi decided to serve the country with all his heart while heaving a long sigh.

No one in life has died since ancient times, and the pictures are kept to reflect the history.

The way Wang Yizhi thought of was: collaborating with the enemy.

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Although the imperial court had peace talks with the nomadic tribes, and the nomadic tribes even presented their princesses as an apology to the emperor, but everyone knew in their hearts that it was just that the two sides could not make peace at present.

Once a certain party regains its strength or catches its breath, it will definitely attack again.

The tribes in the Western Regions have a fatal weakness, that is, many of their necessities can only be obtained through trade with the Central Plains.

This is the advantage in industry, even the handicraft industry is also an industry.

For a nomadic tribe that has not even established agriculture, the handicraft industry is too high-end, and it is simply unaffordable.

Even when Mongolia defeated the Song Dynasty and captured a large number of craftsmen, it only burned these craftsmen as firewood. More than [-] craftsmen were exhausted in a few years, and then returned to the primitive era.

Cutting off the caravan completely is like cutting off food for the nomadic tribes, which will inevitably cause their dissatisfaction.

If you can't get materials through commerce, you can only rely on robbing.

Therefore, ensuring a certain flow of commerce and trade is conducive to the imperial court stabilizing the nomadic department.

In the current cold and peaceful state, it is allowed for a small number of private caravans to communicate with the tribes of the Western Regions, but the imperial court will never allow them to support the enemy as a government.

This is the great crime of copying and beheading the nine clans.

With the thought of being loyal to the country, Wang Yizhi no longer cared about his own safety. He found several frontier generals, closed the door and asked them: "Someone wants to buy cattle and sheep from the tribes of the Western Regions, how can they buy?" get?"

When the generals heard Mr. Wang say this, they thought they had committed a crime, and almost knelt down together.

After Mr. Wang repeated it again, these generals realized that Mr. Wang didn't come to investigate their own affairs, but really wanted to know how to buy and sell cattle and sheep, so that the stone in their hearts fell to the ground.

"My lord, I can't buy it." A bearded officer said bluntly to Wang Yizhi.

"Why can't I buy it, and I can't buy it with silver?" Wang Yizhi is not worried about running out of money. When the next shipment of silver arrives, there will be plenty of money.

The key now is to be able to buy food with money.

"It can't be bought, and it can't be bought with money." The bearded officer kept shaking his head and said.

Wang Yizhi was surprised, and he asked the bearded officer, "How can I buy it like that?"

The bearded officer said frankly: "Now the major tribes in the Western Regions don't do business with outsiders, they only recognize one person."

"Who?"

"Luoyang Shennong Baicao Gate."

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After listening to the reports of his generals, Wang Yizhi learned that there is a medicine shop called Shennong Baicaomen, which has been selling medicines to the Western Regions for several years.

It is rumored that there is a plague in the far west, and the medicine of Shennong Baicaomen is a life-saving medicine in the west of the Western Regions, and the supply is in short supply.

The location of the tribes in the Western Regions happened to be stuck between the Central Plains and the Far West, so they became land merchants.

Whether it is the medicine of Shennong Baicaomen or the gold and silver treasures from the Western Regions, they must go through the hands of the Western Regions tribes, so they have made a fortune in recent years just by raking them.

When Wang Yizhi heard this, he felt a terrible toothache.

This is a proper enemy!

As a result, his general went on to say that after the tribes in the Western Regions had benefited from the trade, they began to take the initiative to maintain the safety of the Western Regions, and even sent cavalry to attack the bandits. There have been no more conflicts, and the situation is very stable.

This……

Wang Yizhi almost spat out two mouthfuls of old blood. If the situation in the Western Regions is really like this, and there is no possibility of conflict breaking out at all, then wouldn't it be unnecessary to keep so many troops here to waste.

5 people are too many, at least it can be cut in half.

In the opinion of the frontier generals, 1 people are enough.

As long as a large part of the staff is reduced, the dilemma of not having enough food will be solved in a short while?

Thinking of this, Wang Yizhi was suddenly inspired. He wanted to go to the frontier of the Western Regions to see for himself what the hell the tribes of the Western Regions and Shennong Baicaomen were doing.

Afterwards, Mr. Wang went to the border to check, but he was shocked.

After he came back, Mr. Wang locked himself in his room for three days. He exhausted his whole life's skills and wrote an eloquent "Zou Please Use Trade to Govern the Frontier", and then asked the sergeants to send it to the capital quickly.

This memorial is divided into several parts. The core content is that the size of the frontier army can be completely reduced now, and one person's name is mentioned over and over again: Huang Xiaoshi.

If you control Huang Xiaoshi, you control Shennong Baicaomen.

Controlling the Shennong Baicaomen means controlling the tribes of the Western Regions.

If Huang Xiaoshi can't be used by me, he must be killed, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

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Huang Xiaoshi didn't know that he would meet the emperor for the first time in this way, and he didn't know that someone had the intention to kill himself, just because his business was doing so well.

There is a proverb that says: Elephants cannot hide in grass or behind trees.

No matter how low-key your development is, to a certain extent you have to be high-key.

There is a saying "You can't keep a low profile, because your strength doesn't allow it." In fact, this is not a joke, but a very serious topic. There is an analogous adjective called forcibly sending out of Xinshoucun.

Many people get used to hiding behind others, and suddenly lose this advantage of secrecy. On the one hand, they will experience various discomforts. On the other hand, their weaknesses that have not been exposed before will be studied in a targeted manner.

Therefore, whether you like it or not, you must transform.

Whether it is an enterprise or a person, they all have to go through the hurdle of transformation.

It just so happened that Huang Xiaoshi knew this truth, rather than being caught out and exposed, it is better to jump out on his own initiative.

I have a showdown, I don't pretend anymore.

I have to say that Huang Xiaoshi's appearance really shocked everyone.

After more than a month of long journey, Mahuraka and his party finally reached the small town in the Western Regions.

Outside the city, Yasha, who had heard the news of their arrival in advance, greeted them personally and took them to a resting point in the small town.

After everyone got off their horses, they followed Yasha through the courtyard to the small courtyard, and finally saw the Heavenly King who had been waiting for them for a long time.

At this time, the king of heaven, or he can only be called Tianrenzhong, he is wearing the uniform of Tianlongjiao, with a blood-colored cloak on his shoulders, and the golden armor glistens in the setting sun.

Seeing this figure, Wei Ming felt a sense of admiration from nowhere in his heart. Although he has no position in the religion, he followed the crowd to salute the heavenly beings.

"Subordinate/Unknown pays homage to the Heavenly King."

After hearing the salutation of their subordinates, the heavenly people stretched out their cloaks and turned around magnificently.

Weiming looked up, he wondered if his eyes were dazzled.

Why does this person look so familiar!
It turns out, it turns out, it turns out...

So, brother Xiaoshi, you are actually the king of heaven!

Weiming felt that the world had gone crazy.

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Huang Xiaoshi felt very satisfied with his outfit.

Sure enough, people rely on clothing, and Buddha depends on gold clothing.

Huang Xiaoshi directly put on a gold outfit for himself, and the effect was full in one go.Now, Huang Xiaoshi couldn't wait to brag in front of the Dragon King.

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoshi invited everyone into the room and explained to them in detail the information he had collected here this month.

"It's very strange. After the Dragon King issued the Dragon King Order, he never came out of the old site. I heard that the Dragon King wanted to build a new Dragon King Hall as the new headquarters at the old site."

When Huang Xiaoshi said this, Weiming didn't understand what was going on, and several other people felt that something was wrong.

The character of Dragon King is very weak, he doesn't care about enjoyment at all.Whether it's a hall or a low house, he can live where others can live.

The only thing the Dragon King cares about is power, power, power.

So, how could such a person suddenly think of building a new Dragon King Palace.

What's more, that area is no longer under the control of Tianlongjiao. Although the imperial court can't completely cover the entire grassland, many shepherds can drive cattle and sheep back to graze secretly, hiding from the people in the Central Plains, but it doesn't mean that Tianlongjiao can be in the area. Take root there.

What if the Dragon King Palace has just been built and the imperial army comes over again?
No matter how you look at it, this is an incredible decision.

But until now, it doesn't matter what happened to the Dragon King.

We will continue on the road tomorrow, but it is only three hundred miles, and it will take five or six days to ride a fast horse.

Huang Xiaoshi has made his attitude clear now, if Li Canglong is willing to abdicate, he is also willing to give Li Canglong a face and keep his status as a dragon man.

If Li Canglong is still obsessed with his obsession and will not repent, Huang Xiaoshi can't be blamed for being merciless.

When Huang Xiaoshi was talking, Shang Jingzhong was standing behind him, Mahuraka glanced at Shang Jingzhong, and swallowed.

This is Shang Jingzhong who is stronger than Fang Yunhua, the head of Wudang School, and even Huang Xiaoshi?
Mahulaka doesn't need to know how strong Shang Jingzhong is, he just needs to know how strong Huang Xiaoshi and Fang Yunhua are.

Zhongyuan has a saying that should never be doubted: Bai Xiaosheng in Jianghu can never make mistakes.

After seeing Shang Jingzhong, Mahuraka knew that Li Canglong was doomed.

With Li Canglong's temperament, it is absolutely impossible for him to abdicate obediently. With Huang Xiaoshi's personality, if he said he would kill you, he would really kill you, and he would not hesitate at all.

These two are masters who don't talk too much.

After the short meeting, Huang Xiaoshi prepared a mutton pot as usual to clean up the dust for everyone. After Huang Xiaoshi took off his outfit and changed into the casual clothes he used to wear, the familiar feeling came back, and everyone finally Let go of some.

At night, after everyone fell asleep one after another, Huang Xiaoshi took Weiming to hold a candle to talk at night, he wanted to talk to Weiming about these things between himself and Tianlongjiao.

The next morning, when Weiming went out, his eyes were swollen.

Weiming has grown up so much, and in his life, he has not shed as many tears as last night.

Brother Xiaoshi is a person who truly cares about the world, and is a role model that I will always follow.

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With a burst of heart-pounding language output, Huang Xiaoshi completely conquered Dongfang Weiming, and now Weiming is his number two thug, and he will definitely do whatever he can.

There are two subordinates in Huang Xiaoshi's hands. They have completely different life ideals and realistic demands. Huang Xiaoshi can handle them together. This is called hard and soft.

The next day, the team set off again.

The horses had already been replaced, and the supplies were replenished overnight. Afterwards, a group of people rushed to the former headquarters of Tianlong Cult.

There are people coming and going at the old site, and people wearing religious uniforms can be seen everywhere directing the work of lower-level congregants. They have pulled countless giant trees from hundreds of miles away. It seems that they really want to Daxing civil engineering construction palace.

Afterwards, hundreds of members of the Heavenly Dragon Sect saw a man in golden armor leading a group of subordinates striding towards the largest permanent tent, so they stopped what they were doing and began to watch.

For the last few hundred meters, Huang Xiaoshi deliberately did not ride a horse, but walked slowly on foot. This is the best opportunity for publicity.

Huang Xiaoshi wanted everyone to see with their own eyes, how he, the king of heaven with a dignified appearance and extraordinary appearance, overthrew that bad old man, Dragon King, and successfully ascended to the throne.

In this big tent called "Dragon King Hall", Huang Xiaoshi finally saw the person sitting in the top spot.

At this time, Huang Xiaoshi's heart was greatly shocked, and he could not help but cry out:
"why you!"

(End of this chapter)